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Bubo

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Also known as Eagle-owls, Horned owls

genus of birds

OverviewAI-generated

Bubo is a genus of true owls within the family Strigidae. The taxon was described by Duméril in 1805 and is classified under the order Strigiformes, class Aves, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. Its common name is eagle-owls.

Records of this genus are held by institutions including CMNH, TCWC, UNSM, WFVZ, and UCMP. Specimens have been recorded in the United States, Malaysia, and Canada. The WoRMS database lists the status as accepted.

The genus has been referenced by 229 other encyclopedia articles. Occurrence data indicates a count of 3012139120, while iDigBio records show 482 entries with 41 associated media files.

Synthesized by Vinony from 29 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Animalia

KINGDOM

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderStrigiformes
  5. FamilyStrigidae
Observations recorded3,012,139,120

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
482
With media
41
Family
Strigidae
Collections
CMNH, TCWC, UNSM, WFVZ, UCMP, UAZ
Recorded in
United States, Malaysia, Canada

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Encyclopedic overview

The American (North and South America) horned owls and the Old World eagle-owls make up the genus Bubo, at least as traditionally described. The genus name Bubo is Latin for owl.

This genus contains 10 species that are found in many parts of the world. Some of the largest living Strigiformes are in Bubo. Traditionally, only owls with ear-tufts were included in this genus, but that is no longer the case.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bubo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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